| Vilar de Mouros Festival | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Anathema playing in the main stage, in 2005 | |
| Genre | Rock, pop |
| Dates | 4th weekend of August (since 2016) |
| Location(s) | Vilar de Mouros, Caminha, Portugal |
| Years active | 1965–1968 (as a folk festival), 1971, 1982, 1996, 1999–2006, 2014, 2016–present |
| Founders | António Barge |
| Website | festivalvilardemouros.pt |
The Vilar de Mouros Festival, currently named CA Vilar de Mouros for sponsorship reasons, is a music festival that takes place in Vilar de Mouros, Caminha, Viana do Castelo district in northwestern Portugal. It is the oldest rock festival in Portugal and in the Iberian Peninsula.[1] Its 1971 edition, the first as a rock festival, has been called the "Portuguese Woodstock".[2][3][4]
Since 2016, it is organized by the event company Surprise & Expectation.
- ^ "Os festivais de Verão ainda não acabaram: estão aí o EDP Vilar de Mouros e o Forte | Música | PÚBLICO".
- ^ "Vilar de Mouros: O que aconteceu em 1971?". www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Vilar de Mouros: As histórias do Woodstock português - JN". www.jn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Vilar de Mouros Um festival amaldicoado - JN". www.jn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-25.